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Then @thelittlecarrie.bsky.social asked if I’d consider doing the same thing over here, and HECK YES I WILL So please, I’d love to hear about little things you do to cultivate whimsy and joy into your life! These tiny moments we can give ourselves and those around us are worth their weight in gold

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Over on >> the other << internet, we’ve been talking about the little acts of whimsy and joy we try to incorporate into our days and Upworthy wrote a story about it! Reading the responses has truly been like having a bit of serotonin on tap, an especially nice thing these days of endless horrors

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This February, we saw a 275% increase in new Libro.fm memberships compared to February 2024. More and more individuals are choosing to support their independent bookshop—and their local communities—over Amazon/Audible. Thank you for supporting your indie with us ❤️

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tonight I hosted a Bad Art Night at my public library. Had almost 40 people attend and some truly unhinged pieces were created. Everyone, but especially me, had lovely time people are good. community is so important.

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The madness is winning this March, I fear

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That’s a nice green ribbon you’ve got around your neck there. Be a shame if someone untied it

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do you think when he sneezes he says "Nosferachoo!" just something to think about..

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In Zelensky’s inauguration speech, he said, “We need people in power who will serve the people. This is why I do not want my pictures in your offices, for the President is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids' photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision."

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You know where you can go and not worry about breaking the economic blackout today? Your local library! All those books and you won’t spend a penny!

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Happy birthday, Victor Hugo, you were a world-class yapper and as someone who has never turned writing assignment in under word/page count, I get it

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May you find someone who loves you as much as Victor Hugo loved abandoning the plot to go yap about the Paris sewer systems and the Battle of Waterloo

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Bend quickly, o’ arc of the moral universe

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A book bar where you can grab a drink but also slam a book shut on the bar after you’re finished, shout, “Another!” and the barkeep will choose a new book for you to enjoy based on what they think you will most appreciate in the moment like some kind of librarian sommelier

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I hope you find what you're looking for. I also hope you someday own an enchanted cottage that lurches through the wildlands on giant chicken legs, spreading fear and wonder in equal measure.

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Most people don't know this but Ancient Rome was fully remote until Julius Caesar implemented a return to office program and well you know what happened next

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Thank you for loving libraries, for supporting libraries, for being library people, Audre Lorde & Toni Morrison 💜 Happy Birthday! This will always be your day ✨ 📖

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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children. We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread. www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...

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Please be careful out there on the roads today, my car just swerved into bookstore parking lot out of nowhere

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Also, pinning this post because it’s the most up-to-date list of Important Links I have:

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Celebrating six years over on Tara Wine-Queen Writes FB, the first official page I made after I was told I had to have a social media presence if I wanted to be a writer FOR REAL. What a strange, sometimes wondrous, sometimes terrible, and occasionally brilliant ride it’s been: shorturl.at/ODKeA

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Oof

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the volume of great stuff we never see because somebody was afraid it was cringe is among the more damning aesthetic phenomena of this sad epoch

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The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

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I feel like Catch 22 is one of the most obviously leftist books just bc the protagonist is a smart guy who understands the insanity around him in perfect clarity, but nobody takes him seriously because it's also turned him into a miserable, high-strung neurotic And what's more leftist than that

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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

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I don't have indie ttrpg valentine's cards, but I do have these

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“Good night, Constitution. Good work. Sleep well. I’ll most likely kill you in the morning.” except unlike the Dread Pirate Roberts they actually mean it

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It’s inconceivable, I know

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Deleted my apps to find love the old-fashioned way: bossing around a stable boy until I realize what “as you wish” means, letting him go find his fortune, thinking he’s dead 😭, getting kidnapped only to be rescued by the Dread Pirate Roberts, my true love turned swashbuckler, come back to me at last

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No more breaking news, from here on out I am only accepting fixing news that takes my face into its kind hands and kisses me gently on the forehead

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I am neither a caller nor a texter but a secret third thing that I won't divulge for fear it would become possible to reach me

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Two houses, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene.

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Romeo, winded: What news? Friar Laurence: scratches head Ah, can't really think of anything. Romeo rushes out Friar: Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Juliet. The fake-poison chosen especially to fake-kill Juliet. Juliet's poison. I probably should've mentioned that.

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Jane Eyre Jane Watir Jane Erthe Jane Fyre Long ago, the four Janes lived togethir yn harmonye... Until the Fyre Janes attackid.

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Does your wife have gorgeous hair that is her pride and joy? Consider getting her a set of bejeweled tortoise-shell combs to show off her luxurious locks with. Sell your watch if you must - her assured eternal love and devotion is worth the loss

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Give your crush what they really want this Valentine’s Day: a platinum chain to replace that old leather strap on their gold pocket watch. Sell your hair if need be - it’ll be worth it for the look on your lover’s face when they open this perfect gift

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